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www.ucl.ac.uk/events

Publ ic e vent s at U CL: Apri l–Aug ust 2014

Welcome to UCL’s public events booklet, showcasing a range of public talks, lectures, exhibitions, workshops, film screenings and performances taking place at the university throughout summer 2014.

Come and visit the brilliant annual summer shows from the UCL Bartlett and Slade Schools or for a night of intrigue, attend the UCL Museums murder mystery for Museums at Night. You could also participate in the one-day symposium on New directions in Sherlock (p4) or hear about What’s making the world fat? (and what can we do?) (p9).

While you are on campus, try our new UCL Audio Tour app, available from the iTunes App Store and Google Play. Learn more about the Bloomsbury campus and the remarkable people who have studied, worked and lived here.

The events here are only a small selection of what’s on offer: for more information on each event or for a full listing, please visit our online events calendar:


Cover image: UCL Bartlett School of Architecture Summer Show, p30.

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Talks 03

Activities 13

Lunch Hour Lectures 20

Performances 21

Exhibitions 26

Events diary 31

Venues/maps 33

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Talks Lectures Discussions

Innovation and risk management in biotechnology: pharmaceuticals, transfats and synthetic biology

Risks? In some cases, precautionary approaches displace innovation; in other cases, risks are under-addressed until crises emerge and public alarm limits innovation. This presentation will focus on a third path of proactive and adaptive management of risks, with early engagement before crises and systematic reassessment as information emerges. Fri 4 April | 12–1.30pm | lecture Gavin de Beer Lecture Theatre [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 5773

UCL ISR/UCL-Energy Joint Public Lecture: Dr Christof Rühl, BP plc

Dr Christof Rühl, Group Chief Economist and Vice President of BP plc, will be speaking at our first joint public lecture for 2014. He will outline the major features of the BP Energy Outlook 2035 and the role of carbon pricing in seeking to encourage a transition to a low-carbon energy system.Tues 1 April | 6–8pm | lecture Pre-booking essential Kennedy Lecture Theatre UCL Institute of Child Health [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 5935

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New directions in Sherlock, 11 April

Meet the curators – A Fusion of Worlds: ancient Egypt, African art and identity in modernist Britain

Members of the group involved in putting on the ‘A Fusion of Worlds’ exhibition will be on hand to talk about the reappraisal of Egyptian sculpture during the early 20th century and the artists involved.Tues 8 April | 6–8pm | panel discussion Pre-booking essential UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138

New directions in Sherlock

The BBC’s Sherlock is now one of the most commercially and critically successful series of all time. This one-day symposium focuses on the series to look back at its roots in Conan Doyle’s stories, situate it in light of contemporaneous adaptations and examine its treatment of race, gender, terrorism and international relations. Fri 11 April | 10am–7pm | symposium Pre-booking essential Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre [email protected] +44 (0)78 4942 8351

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Talks/Lectures/Discussions

‘Congress of races’: W. E. B. DuBois and W. M. F. Petrie in conversation

A discussion, led by Caroline Bressey (UCL Equiano Centre) and Debbie Challis, based on letters between the archaeologist W. M. Flinders Petrie and African-American activist and intellectual W. E. B. DuBois on the ‘Negro problem’, after the two men had met at the 1911 Universal Races Congress.Tues 6 May | 6–8pm | lecture Pre-booking essential Lecture Theatre 103 UCL Institute of the Americas [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 9721

On the road to Stonehenge

Stonehenge is one of the greatest mysteries of world prehistory. The past decade of archaeological research has produced a wealth of new information and provided major insights into questions such as why it was built and why some of its stones were brought from nearly 200 miles away.Tues 6 May | 6.30–7.30pm | talk Pre-booking essential Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 1346

The politics of coalitional presidentialism in Latin America

Elections in Latin America frequently produce presidents whose parties do not command a majority in the legislature. This presentation examines the tools that presidents use to form and maintain interparty coalitions in Brazil, Chile and Ecuador, while assessing the impact of these same tools on governance and democratic quality.Wed 7 May | 5.30–7.30pm | talk Pre-booking essential Lecture Theatre 103 UCL Institute of the Americas [email protected] | +44 (0)20 3108 9721

Global mental health: addressing the global burden of depression

Depression is one of the world’s leading causes of disability, but according to the World Health Organisation, only a small proportion of those affected have access to treatment. In this panel discussion, hear what we can learn, worldwide, about how to treat it.Thurs 24 April | 5–7pm | panel discussion Pre-booking essential Kennedy Lecture Theatre [email protected] +44 (0)20 7905 2352

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On the road to Stonehenge, 6 May

Punishment, anatomy and recollection

In the early modern city, the connection between public corporal punishment and the anatomical theatre became crucial. Drawing on the archive of the confraternity of San Giovanni Decollato in Rome, this lecture reconsiders this connection. Tues 13 May | 6.30–7.30pm | lecture Pre-booking essential Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 1346

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Past, present and future: the archive, the academy and the community

This lecture tells the story of archives and archivists in 20th-century England by examining the contributions of some characterful pioneers in the archives. It will look at how, in future, archivists and academics can best develop their distinctive contribution to society and the community, facilitating transparency and preserving memory. Tues 20 May | 6.30–7.30pm | lecture Pre-booking essential Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre [email protected] | +44 (0)20 7679 1346

Pop-up talk: traditional printing techniques

Join artist Ling Chiu for an introduction to fine art printmaking techniques. Using UCL Art Museum’s extensive collection of prints as a starting point, learn about analogue print techniques such as woodblock, engraving, etching and stone lithography.Tues 20 May | 1–2pm | talk UCL Art Museum [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 2540

Annual Health Survey for England seminar

The Health Survey for England is an annual survey of a nationally-representative random sample of people living in their own homes in England. This seminar will present results from the latest survey, HSE 2012, with a focus on physical activity in adults and children and on its importance for policymakers.Thurs 15 May | 2–5pm | seminar Pre-booking essential Basement Lecture Theatre 1–19 Torrington Place [email protected] +44 (0)020 7679 5646

Phallic pots

Explore our unusual terracotta pots depicting enormous phalluses being led in a procession, as well as the relationship Egyptologists such as Petrie had with the sexually explicit material that they uncovered in Egypt. Suitable for ages 16 and over.Thurs 22 May | 6–8pm Pre-booking essential UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138

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Traditional printing techniques, 20 May

Movement: through time and space, across landscapes, inside our bodies

Join the Student Engagers for an evening exploring aspects of movement inspired by the Octagon Gallery’s Knowledge in Motion exhibit. Using UCL’s gallery and museum spaces, we investigate movements internal and external, mental and physical, historical and contemporary. Drinks and discussion to follow. Fri 23 May | 6.30–8pm | workshop Pre-booking essential UCL Art Museum [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 2540

As British as a badger?

In Britain, we have lost some of our most treasured wildlife such as the grey wolf. So, which species would you re-wild into the UK? Our expert panel will be pitching for your votes to decide. Followed by a private view of the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology. Thurs 22 May | 7–9pm | panel discussion J. Z. Young Lecture Theatre [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 2052

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What’s making the world fat? (and what can we do?)

Obesity is a major risk factor in many non-communicable diseases – and it’s a global problem. In this wide-ranging symposium, experts in their fields will come together to discuss drivers of obesity in early childhood, how we can build healthier cities and what the global food industry can do. Mon 2 June | 5–7pm | symposium Pre-booking essential A.V. Hill Lecture Theatre [email protected] +44 (0)20 7905 2352

Mestizo Genomics: race mixture, nature and science in Latin America

Drawing on ethnographic research in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, the contributors to Mestizo Genomics will explore how the concepts of race, ethnicity, nation and gender enter into, and are affected by, genomic research. Introduced by co-author Peter Wade. Wed 28 May | 5.30–7.30pm | lecture Pre-booking essential Lecture Theatre 103 UCL Institute of the Americas [email protected] | +44 (0)20 3108 9721

A decade in Digital Humanities

In this lecture, Professor Terras looks back at the decade that she has spent at UCL working in the area of applying computing to different areas of humanistic research, ranging from Jeremy Bentham’s manuscripts and Roman documents from Hadrian’s Wall, to 3D scanning of museum collections and an app for text analysis. Tues 27 May | 6.30–7.30pm | lecture Pre-booking essential Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 1346

Pop-up talk: The future of printing techniques

Join artist Ling Chiu for an introduction to fine art printmaking techniques. Using UCL Art Museum’s extensive collection of prints as a starting point, learn about serigraphy, photo etching and photolithography. Discuss the future of graphic work on paper with an overview of recent developments such as photopolymer and giclee/pigment printing. Tues 27 May | 1–2pm | talk UCL Art Museum [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 2540

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Just our wild behaviour? 5 June

Just our wild behaviour?

Our species has changed the planet in a way no other animal has done in history. But are we any different from how other species affect their environment? Join us for a UCL Grant Museum of Zoology panel discussion on this question and hear about the effect had by other social complex species such as termites.Thurs 5 June | 7–9pm | panel discussion J. Z. Young Lecture Theatre [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 2052

What can we do about global NCDs? (and why aren’t we doing it?)

Non-communicable diseases are the world’s biggest killers, affecting not only the rich west, but also the poorest and most marginalised communities. Yet, most NCDs are preventable. This panel discussion will focus on workable solutions: from global funders, national laws, individual behaviour change and the world of business. Wed 4 June | 5–7pm | panel discussion Pre-booking essential Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre [email protected] | +44 (0)20 7905 2352

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Re-greening the Arctic

What will the Arctic look like in the 2050s? Could a warming climate re-green this frozen world and what would that mean for the animals and plants that inhabit it? Join us for a talk by Dr Richard Pearson and find out more. Followed by a private view of the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology.Thurs 19 June | 7–9pm | talk J. Z. Young Lecture Theatre [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 2052

Show ‘n’ tell: Mangroves

We have invited UCL PhD students to showcase just one object from the museum’s collection of 68,000 and tell you what they know about it. Clare Duncan will be joining us to talk about her research investigating one of the planet’s most ecologically and economically important habitats: mangroves. Fri 27 June | 1–2pm | talk UCL Grant Museum of Zoology [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 2052

Re-wilded Europe

Across Europe, brown bears, Eurasian lynx and otters – along with several other animals – are making a remarkable comeback from historical low levels. Join us as we find out more about the reasons behind this upward trend. Followed by a private view of the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology. Wed 11 June | 7–8pm | panel discussion J. Z. Young lecture Theatre [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 2052

Show ‘n’ tell: Ancient DNA

We have invited UCL PhD students to showcase just one object from the museum’s collection of 68,000 and tell you what they know about it. Elizabeth Jones will be joining us to talk about her work on the recovery of genetic material from fossil plants and animals. Fri 13 June | 1–2pm | talk UCL Grant Museum of Zoology [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 2052

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Show ‘n’ tell: Amphibians

We have invited UCL PhD students to showcase just one object from the museum’s collection of 68,000 and tell you what they know about it. Helen Meredith will be joining us after rummaging through the drawers and cupboards to find her object. Find out more about Helen’s research on the conservation of some of the world’s most endangered animals: amphibians. Fri 11 July | 1–2pm | talk UCL Grant Museum of Zoology [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 2052

Re-greening the Arctic, 19 June

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Easter egg-laying animals

For the Easter holidays, the Grant Museum is exploring the wonderful world of eggy animals. From penguins to platypuses, our fantastic specimen-based activities will investigate the best shells and spawn. Come and unscramble our games and whip up some egg–citement with our amazing animal specimens. Tues 8 April–Wed 16 April | 1–4.30pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 2052

Activities Workshops Family events

Festival of pots: pot stories & jigsaws

Come along to a free family event and explore the Petrie pot collection before having a go at writing a short story to bring to life one of the hundreds of pots on display!Tues 8 April | 2–4pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138

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Mini festival of pots at the H Pod

Join artist group Manifold and Egyptologists at the H Pod in a day-long festival celebrating William Flinders Petrie. Be inspired to make your own pot to show in an exhibition later this year.Thurs 10 April | 10–4pm Pre-booking essential H Pod, Cumberland Market, Regents Park Estate NW1 3RH [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138

Egypt in London: modernist sculpture walk

We will start at the Carreras ‘Black Cat’ building with a discussion of the popular image of Egypt in the 1920s. Then, we will take the tube and/or walk to Jacob Epstein’s public sculpture in outdoor spaces in London.Sat 10 May | 2–4pm Pre-booking essential | £5 UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138

Art Macabre at the Petrie: Egyptian treasures

Join Art Macabre on an artistic journey back to ancient Egypt to explore the beauty, power and potency of some of the most stunning objects in a creative workshop where you will draw nude figures alongside the objects. Wed 7 May | 6–8.30pm Pre-booking essential | Tickets £10 | 18+ UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138

Egypt in London, 10 May

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From broken sherd to pot – discover the magic of Petrie’s drawing machine

This event, led by atrist group Manifold, will offer an evening of drawing and sketching using a replica of Petrie’s drawing machine, which he used to identify what broken pots would have looked like just from the fragments. Part of Museums at Night.Sat 17 May | 5–8pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138

Ravenous reptiles

From dinosaurs to venomous snakes, this half-term, we will be celebrating the terrifying and beautiful world of reptiles. Come face-to-face with some of our fantastic specimens, such as the world’s largest crocodile or tiny chameleons, and take part in fun, hands-on, specimen-based activities. Tues 27–Sat 31 May | 1–4.30pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 2052

Life and death drawing: movement

With the guidance of specialists from different disciplines, this workshop is a chance to draw from live models, works of art, anatomical or skeletal models or from specimens. The class is suitable for adults of all levels and all materials are provided. Part of Museums at Night. Sat 17 May | 5–8pm Pre-booking essential UCL Art Museum [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 2540

Activities/Workshops/Family events

UCL Museums murder mystery for Museums at Night

Join us for an evening of intrigue and solve the clues to crack the UCL Museums murder mystery. There are prizes to be won for the team that solves the case and for best dressed detectives. Followed by a free drinks reception and a private view of the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology. Fri 16 May | 6.30–9pm J. Z. Young Lecture Theatre [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 2052

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From broken sherd to pot, 17 May

Games at the Grant

In the inaugural Games at the Grant, UCL researchers inspired by language, literature and the UCL Collections will be your games masters. Try out a range of new games and battle for the ultimate prize. May the odds be ever in your favour. Part of UCL Festival of the Arts. Tues 27 May | 7–9pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 2052

Treasures from UCL Library Special Collections

UCL Festival of the Arts hosts this special open afternoon at which a selection of items (such as manuscripts by Darwin, Captain Cook and Beethoven) will be on display, with expert archivists, librarians and subject specialists on hand to discuss them and talk about the work of UCL Library Special Collections.Tues 27 May | 12–4pm Roberts Building Foyer [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 7827

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Festival of pots: celebrating 25 years of Friends of the Petrie Museum

Join us in Malet Place and the Petrie Museum to celebrate everything good about the humble pot. Have a go at making pots, watch a demonstration of smoke firing, take part in the pot orchestra and find out what happens to the biggest pot that we have made!Sat 7 June | 12–4pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138


Subversive millinery transformation

Join us for an evening of “anti-establishment” transformative millinery. You will look at the creation and the cultural history of headpieces with Dr Susannah Walker, artist and teaching fellow in UCL History of Art, while making your own fascinator out of recycled materials. Wed 28 May | 6.30–8.30pm Pre-booking essential UCL Art Museum [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 2540

UCL Festival of the Arts

Come and learn more about the huge variety of research that takes place across UCL Arts & Humanities, Social & Historical Sciences and the School of Slavonic & East European Studies. Ranging from film screenings, discussions and lectures to exhibitions, guided walks and music, this four-day showcase offers something for everyone. Tues 27–Fri 30 May | 1–7.30pm Various locations [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 2871

What’s the story?

As part of the UCL Festival of the Arts, this family workshop will explore the stories behind one of the many pots in the Petrie Collection. Come and join our storytellers, then add your own story. Wed 28 May | 1–4pm | drop in UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138

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One Day in the City: a celebration of London and literature

UCL English invites you to take your pick from an exciting range of theatrical walks, talks, readings, art exhibits and London -based conversations with some of the capital’s greatest authors, poets, thinkers and public figures. Everyone is welcome. Just follow the yellow balloons. Fri 13 June | all day UCL main campus www.ucl.ac.uk/onedayinthecity +44 (0)20 7679 3143

Taxonomies of bones and pots: from broken sherd to pot

A look at how Flinders Petrie used his drawings of pots to develop his seriation system of dating that led to him being named the father of scientific archaeology. We will be drawing and sketching using a replica of Petrie’s drawing machine that he used to piece together complete pots from fragments. Part of Universities Week. Thurs 12 June | 6–8pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138

Explore zoology

We have rifled through drawers and cabinets to find our most amazing animals for our hands-on, specimen-based family activities. Ever wondered what the skin of a python feels like or how many spots a leopard has? Bring along your budding zoologists and ask our enthusiastic museum educators these questions and more. Sat 14 June | 1–4.30pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 2052

Submersive millinery transformation, 28 May

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Explore zoology

We have rifled through drawers and cabinets to find our most amazing animals for our hands-on, specimen-based family activities. Ever wondered what the skin of a python feels like or how many spots a leopard has? Bring along your budding zoologists and ask our enthusiastic museum educators these questions and more.Sat 12 July | 1–4.30pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 2052

Weird and wonderful wildlife

Flying lizards, giant starfish, duck-billed platypuses, thorny devils and spiny anteaters – the Grant Museum is home to some weird and wonderful wildlife. Join us to take part in fun, hands-on, specimen-based activities and come face-to-face with these beasts and many more. Tues 29 July–Sat 2 Aug | 1–4.30pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 2052

The Petrie tours to LonCon3

The UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology goes on tour to the biggest science fiction convention in the world to talk about ancient Egypt and archaeology. Thurs 14 August–Mon 18 August | all day LonCon3, ExCel Centre London [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138

Weird and wonderful wildlife, 29 July


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UCL Lunch Hour Lectures Short Summer SeriesJune 2014

UCL Lunch Hour Lectures Short Summer Series

Throughout June, UCL’s free public Lunch Hour Lectures will be running a short summer series.

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UCL Lunch Hour Lectures Short Summer Series, June 2014

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Performances Film screeningsMusic

Bright Club

Bright Club, the comedy night where UCL researchers try their hand at stand-up comedy, is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year. A lot can happen in five years, so we will be talking all things change with 10 of the best Bright Club performers from UCL and beyond and supported by three brilliant comedians.Tues 29 April | 7.30–10pm Pre-booking essential | Tickets £8 UCL Bloomsbury Theatre www.thebloomsbury.com +44 (0)20 3108 1198

UCL Chamber Music Club concert

‘As You Like It’: a varied programme, celebrating Shakespeare’s 450th birthday and members’ favourite pieces of music, including Erich Korngold’s Much Ado About Nothing suite for violin and piano, Op. 11, a piano composition by CMC member Dace Ruklisa, Beethoven’s Variations on a Theme from Mozart’s Magic Flute, Op. 66 for cello and piano, Prokofiev’s Sonata for Violin Solo, Op. 115, and songs by Schumann and Schubert. Tues 29 April | 5.30–6.30pm Haldane Room [email protected] | +44 (0)7903 104 764

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The Chamber Music Club’s choir will present a programme to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, to include works by the poet’s contemporaries (Thomas Morley, Robert Johnson), songs by Thomas Arne and Benjamin Cooke and choral pieces by Charles Wood, George MacFarren and several modern composers including CMC’s Roger Beeson. Thurs 22 May | 1.10–1.55pm Haldane Room [email protected] +44 (0)7903 104 764

Petrie Film Club presents: The Cat Creature (1973)

A rare opportunity to see this television movie from the pen of Robert Bloch, master of the macabre short story and original author of Psycho, involving a cursed amulet and feline terrors from Egypt’s ancient past.Wed 28 May | 6–8pm | film screening Pre-booking essential UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138

New poems from Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

Join Sudanese poet Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and the Poetry Translation Centre for the first reading of his poems in response to the museum’s collections from Meroë, Sudan. Poet in residency funded by Arts Council England. Thurs 29 May | 7pm | drop in UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138

New poems from Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, 29 May

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Museums Showoff

Museums Showoff is the cabaret-style night where people who work in and love museums reveal behind-the-scenes stories and intriguing insights into their work. Come and hear curators, conservators, volunteers and visitors give the lowdown on museum life! Tues 10 June | 7.30–10pm Pre-booking essential | Tickets £7 UCL Bloomsbury Theatre www.thebloomsbury.com +44 (0)20 3108 1198

Open City Docs Fest

London’s global documentary festival, Open City Docs Fest, returns to UCL and venues across London for its fourth edition. Every event is a ‘live’ event with filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, live scores, comedy, theatre, live music, food and workshops for industry and public. Grand Jury chaired by Pawel Pawlikowski. Tues 17–Sat 22 June | all day UCL main campus Pre-booking recommended www.opencitydocsfest.com +44 (0)20 7679 4907

Petrie Film Club presents: Xena – Hooves & Harlots

Find your inner TV Amazon this summer as part of our themed series assessing the uses of classical mythology in fantasy and science fiction television. A tribe of Amazons capture a male Centaur accused of killing an Amazon princess and intend to execute him according to their customs.

Thursday 19 June | 6–8pm | film screening Pre-booking essential UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138

Performances/Film screenings/Music


A baroque concert to end the Chamber Music Club’s 2013–14 season, featuring a variety of works for baroque ensembles and J.S. Bach’s cantata Ich habe genug, BWV 82. Thurs 5 June | 5.30–6.30pm Haldane Room [email protected] +44 (0)7903 104 764

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Call of the Wild (1935) on the big screen

Armed with just a map, Jack Thornton heads out across the wilderness with his trusty dog, Buck, to battle the elements in search of an untapped gold mine – but who will be triumphant? Film buff Professor Joe Cain (UCL Science and Technology Studies) will introduce the film, which is followed by a free drinks reception.Fri 4 July | 6.30–9pm | film screening J. Z. Young Lecture Theatre [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 2052

Animal Showoff

The Science Showoff team presents a special edition of their anarchic open mic night at the Grant Museum for one night only. Join us for Animal Showoff, an evening of demos, talks, music and more. Anyone can perform anything – the only rule is that it has to be about the animal kingdom. Tues 8 July | 7–9pm Tickets £5 UCL Grant Museum of Zoology [email protected] +44 (0)20 3108 2052

Call of the Wild, 4 July

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Petrie Film Club presents: Supernatural – The Slice Girls

Find your inner TV Amazon this summer. After spending the night with a strange woman, demon hunter Dean’s life is at risk, when he finds out that he has impregnated an Amazon. Introduced by Amanda Potter.Thurs 17 July | 6–9pm | film screening Pre-booking essential UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138

Petrie Film Club presents: Stargate SG1 – Birthright

This summer, find your inner TV Amazon. A group of female Jaffa warriors have founded a separate colony, saving girl children who would have been sacrificed at birth. Introduced by Amanda Potter.Thurs 21 August | 6–8pm | film screening Pre-booking essential UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138

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Exhibitions Collecting knowledge in motion

Collections, like universities, are factories of knowledge. Institutionally, they often appear to be rooted in place, but spatially and intellectually, they exist in constant and dynamic motion. In this exhibition, we ask you to consider the tensions between stasis and movement in UCL and its collections. Wed 22 Jan–Sat 21 June | all day Octagon Gallery [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 3163

Collecting knowledge in motion, until 21 June

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A Fusion of Worlds, until 24 May

A Fusion of Worlds: ancient Egypt, African art and identity in modernist Britain

This exhibition explores the ways in which Jacob Epstein, Edna Manley and Ronald Moody were inspired by ancient Egypt and reworked its art in the context of their political spiritual and gendered expressions of identity. Co-curated by Gemma Romain and Debbie Challis in conjunction with a team of community participants. Tues 11 March–Sat 24 May | 1–5pm (Tues–Sat only) UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [email protected] | +44 (0)20 7679 4138

The Bartlett School of Planning centenary exhibition and party

How can equity, inclusion and environmental protection be achieved within an urban context? UCL Bartlett School of Planning staff and students explore these issues – join the party with live music, food and drinks. Tues 6 May | 6–9.30pm UCL main campus Exhibition opens 4pm, G01, Chadwick Building j.o’[email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4797

UCL Bartlett School of Planning Spring exhibition and party, 6 May.

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One Day: sixth annual Slade/ UCL Art Museum exhibition

To mark the sixth annual collaboration between the UCL Slade School of Fine Art and UCL Art Museum, UCL English’s One Day in the City festival is challenging the Slade artists to look at the museum’s collections and develop their own practices while engaging with the importance of time, place, London and literature.Mon 12 May–Fri 13 June | 1–5pm UCL Art Museum [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 2540

Slade/UCL Art Museum exhibition, 12 May–13 June

Sculpture Rock Room project

A one-day pop-up, experimental exhibition open for ways of interpreting the specific space of the Rock Room, involving a number of objects and actions being inserted, tested and tried out within the Geology Collection. Fri 9 May | 1–5pm Rock Room [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 7900

Sculpture rock room project, 9 May

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Slade BA/BFA show 2014

The annual Slade BA/BFA degree show, showcasing artworks from graduating students from the UCL Slade School of Fine Art. Sat 24–Thurs 29 May | 10–5pm UCL Slade School of Fine Art [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 2313

Slade BA/BFA Show, 24–28 May

Exhibitions

Magic Assemblage/ Magic Assembly

An exhibition of works by Central St Martin’s art students Magic Assemblage/Magic Assembly in response to the Petrie Collection. Tues 20 May–Fri 6 June | 1–5pm (Tues–Sat) UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 4138

Magic Assemblage/Magic Assembly, 20 May–6 June

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Slade MA/MFA Show 2014

The annual Slade MA/MFA degree show, showcasing artworks from graduating students from the UCL Slade School of Fine Art. Thurs 12–Wed 18 June | 10–8pm UCL Slade School of Fine Art [email protected] +44 (0)20 7679 2313

Slade MA/MFA Show, 12–8 June Bartlett Summer Show 2014, 27 June–5 July

Bartlett Summer Show 2014

The annual celebration of student work from the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture. One of the world’s biggest architecture degree shows sees more than 500 students present an incredible range of inventive, creative and visual work, from models and drawings to films, multimedia installations and computer fabrications.Opening night: Fri 27 June | 7pm Sat 28 June–Sat 5 July | visit the website for exact times UCL Slade School of Fine Art www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/architecture +44 (0)20 7679 4852

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22 Jan –21 Jun

All day Collecting knowledge in motion 26

11 March –24 May

1–5pm A Fusion of Worlds: ancient Egypt, African art and identity in modernist Britain

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1 April 6–8pm UCL ISR/UCL-Energy Joint Public Lecture: Dr Christof Rühl, BP plc 034 12–1.30pm Innovation and risk management in biotechnology 038–16 1–4.30pm Easter egg-laying animals 138 2–4pm Festival of pots: pot stories & jigsaws 13

8 6–8pm Meet the curators – A Fusion of Worlds 04

10 10am–4pm Mini festival of pots at the H Pod 1411 10am–7pm New directions in Sherlock 0424 5–7pm Global mental health: addressing the global burden of depression 0529 5.30–6.30pm UCL Chamber Music Club concert 2129 7.30–10pm Bright Club 216 May 6–9.30pm UCL Bartlett School of Planning centenary exhibition and party 276 6–8pm ‘Congress of races’: W.E.B Du Bois and W.M.F. Petrie in conversation 056 6.30–7.30pm On the road to Stonehenge 057 5.30–7.30pm The politics of coalitional presidentialism in Latin America 057 6–8.30pm Art Macabre at the Petrie: Egyptian treasures 149 1–5pm Sculpture Rock Room project 2810 2–4pm Egypt in London: modernist sculpture walk 1412 May –13 June

1–5pm One Day: sixth annual Slade/UCL Art Museum exhibition 28

13 6.30–7.30pm Punishment, anatomy and recollection 0615 2–5pm Annual Health Survey for England seminar 07

16 6.30–9pm UCL Museums murder mystery for Museums at Night 1517 5–8pm From broken sherd to pot

– discover the magic of Petrie’s drawing machine15

17 5–8pm Life and death drawing: movement 1520 May –6 June

1–5pm Magic Assemblage/Magic Assembly 29

20 1–2pm Pop-up talk: traditional printing techniques 0720 6.30–7.30pm Past, present and future: the archive, the academy and the community 0722 1.10–1.55pm UCL Chamber Music Club concert 2222 6–8pm Phallic Pots 0722 7–9pm As British as a badger? 08 23 6.30–8pm Movement: through time and space, across landscapes,

inside our bodies08

24–29 10–5pm Slade BA/BFA show 2014 2927 1–2pm Pop-up talk: The future of printing techniques 09

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27 6.30–7.30pm A decade in Digital Humanities 0927–31 1–4:30pm Ravenous reptiles 1527 7–9pm Games at the Grant 1627 12–4pm Treasures from UCL Library Special Collections 1627–30 1–7:30pm UCL Festival of the Arts 1728 5.30–7.30pm Mestizo Genomics: race mixture, nature and science in Latin America 0928 1–4pm What’s the story? 1728 6–8pm Petrie Film Club presents: The Cat Creature (1973) 2228 6.30–8.30pm Subversive millinery transformation 1729 7pm New poems from Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi 222 June 5–7pm What’s making the world fat? (And what can we do?) 094 5–7pm What can we do about global NCDs? (And why aren’t we doing it?) 105 7–9pm Just our wild behaviour? 105 5.30–6.30pm UCL Chamber Music Club concert 237 12–4pm Festival of pots: celebrating 25 years of Friends at the Petrie Museum 1710 7.30–10pm Museums Showoff 2311 7–8pm Re-wilded Europe 1112–18 10am–8pm Slade MA/MFA show 2014 3012 6–8pm Taxonomies of bones and pots 1813 All day One Day in the City: a celebration of London and literature 1813 1–2pm Show ‘n’ tell: Ancient DNA 1114 1–4.30pm Explore zoology 1817–22 all day Open City Docs Fest 2319 7–9pm Re-greening the Arctic 1119 6–8pm Petrie Film Club presents: Xena – Hooves & Harlots 2327 1–2pm Show ‘n’ tell: Mangroves 1127 June –5 July

See online Bartlett Summer Show 2014 30

4 July 6.30–9pm Call of the Wild (1935) on the big screen 248 7–9pm Animal Showoff 2411 1–2pm Show ‘n’ tell: Amphibians 1212 1–4:30pm Explore Zoology 1917 6–9pm Petrie Film Club presents: Supernatural – The Slice Girls 2529 July – 2 August

1–4.30pm Weird and wonderful wildlife 19

14–18 All day The Petrie tours to LonCon3 1921 6–8pm Petrie Film Club presents: Stargate SG1 – Birthright 25

22 Jan –21 Jun

All day Collecting knowledge in motion 26

11 March –24 May

1–5pm A Fusion of Worlds: ancient Egypt, African art and identity in modernist Britain

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1 April 6–8pm UCL ISR/UCL-Energy Joint Public Lecture: Dr Christof Rühl, BP plc 034 12–1.30pm Innovation and risk management in biotechnology 038–16 1–4.30pm Easter egg-laying animals 138 2–4pm Festival of pots: pot stories & jigsaws 13

8 6–8pm Meet the curators – A Fusion of Worlds 04

10 10am–4pm Mini festival of pots at the H Pod 1411 10am–7pm New directions in Sherlock 0424 5–7pm Global mental health: addressing the global burden of depression 0529 5.30–6.30pm UCL Chamber Music Club concert 2129 7.30–10pm Bright Club 216 May 6–9.30pm UCL Bartlett School of Planning centenary exhibition and party 276 6–8pm ‘Congress of races’: W.E.B Du Bois and W.M.F. Petrie in conversation 056 6.30–7.30pm On the road to Stonehenge 057 5.30–7.30pm The politics of coalitional presidentialism in Latin America 057 6–8.30pm Art Macabre at the Petrie: Egyptian treasures 149 1–5pm Sculpture Rock Room project 2810 2–4pm Egypt in London: modernist sculpture walk 1412 May –13 June

1–5pm One Day: sixth annual Slade/UCL Art Museum exhibition 28

13 6.30–7.30pm Punishment, anatomy and recollection 0615 2–5pm Annual Health Survey for England seminar 07

16 6.30–9pm UCL Museums murder mystery for Museums at Night 1517 5–8pm From broken sherd to pot

– discover the magic of Petrie’s drawing machine15

17 5–8pm Life and death drawing: movement 1520 May –6 June

1–5pm Magic Assemblage/Magic Assembly 29

20 1–2pm Pop-up talk: traditional printing techniques 0720 6.30–7.30pm Past, present and future: the archive, the academy and the community 0722 1.10–1.55pm UCL Chamber Music Club concert 2222 6–8pm Phallic Pots 0722 7–9pm As British as a badger? 08 23 6.30–8pm Movement: through time and space, across landscapes,

inside our bodies08

24–29 10–5pm Slade BA/BFA show 2014 2927 1–2pm Pop-up talk: The future of printing techniques 09

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